Kirstie Allsopp has angrily defended herself after confessing she doesn't let her children join her in Business Class when they go on holiday - and instead makes them sit by themselves in Economy.

She revealed over the weekend that when she and her husband Ben Andersen go on holiday, their sons Bay, 12, and 10-year-old Oscar sit alone in the back of the plane - because to upgrade them to Business Class seats would be "absurd".

Now the Location, Location, Location presenter, whose net worth is estimated at around £35million, has hit out amid a backlash against her comments.

"Club Class should be a huge treat that you've worked hard for. If kids get used to Club Class what do they have to work towards? It seems an absurd waste of money to have children in Premium seats, and very spoiling," she had said.

"And anyhow, if they sat with us I'd be checking up on what films they were watching, no chance of Baywatch or Spy sitting next to boring old Mum."

But when followers told her it was bad parenting to leave her boys in a different part of the plane, she hit back: "And what about when I’m not flying with them? When should kids fly alone? Never? On this basis none of us should ever fly, drive or board a train or tube!!"

When one fan told her it was her job to parent her children, not the cabin crew's, she replied: "Utter rubbish, they don’t need to be 'looked after' they’re sitting on a plane watching movies! That's not parenting it’s fussing."

But she did concede that she always introduces herself to the crew and asks that they alert her immediately if there are any problems with her boys.

Kirstie says her boys don't need to be parented on planes (Image: WENN)

Kirstie then hit back at the idea she was denying Bay and Oscar a chance to enjoy luxury flying to teach them the value of money.

"It's not done to 'teach them' it's done because we take a shed load of holidays and if they flew with me in Premium Economy or Club we'd be taking fewer holidays, less is more," she wrote.

Then, when Piers Morgan got involved to quip that her sons would be eating off plates in the basement while she and Ben enjoyed dinner in their fancy dining room, Kirstie quipped: "Plates?! My kids don't get plates, they get the scraps off the floor, if they're lucky."

Her comments come months after celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay found himself in hot water when he admitted he and wife Tana always turn left on planes - while their four teenage children are relegated to Economy seats.

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Gordon and Tana Ramsay never let their children fly First Class with them (Image: WireImage)

At the time, he moaned that flying the whole family First Class would cost too much - despite being worth an estimated £30million.

"I did not fly on a f**king plane until I was 19 years of age. And when I sat on the plane cramped for eight hours with food that was cooked three weeks ago I was just happy to take off and be in a plane," he shot back after being slammed for his parenting decision.

"The fact that I am going to sit a six year old in a first class seat for £15,000 to fly from LA to London... Fifteen thousand pounds! You can buy a f**king car for that."

He added: "Why does my six-year-old need a big f**king seat, a 10 course menu with caviar and champagne in first class? What are they going to be like when they are 18? They are f**ked."